Imtiaz Jaleel entered politics in 2014. The Aurangabad central assembly constituency was the stronghold of Shiv Sena. There was no alliance between Sena and BJP and hence he was confident to get benefit of the Muslim votes here. The Muslim activists supported him in the elections and worked wholeheartedly. The differences between the Sena and BJP candidates benefited Jaleel and he became MLA in 2014.

On 23 April 2015, MIM registered an impressive performance under the leadership of Imtiyaz Jaleel, winning 25 seats in the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation elections in its maiden outing there. During DPDC meeting which was held on 29 January 2015, Imtiyaz Jaleel raised the issue of costly MRI charges at the government-run hospital in Aurangabad. Then District Guardian Minister Ramdas Kadam directed GMCH authorities to reduce the charges of MRI scan from Rs 1,800 to Rs 700.

On 14 October 2017, Imtiyaz Jaleel had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) before the Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court, seeking direction to the state government to allot seven acres of land to build a 200-bed hospital for women and children there. The court had directed the state and district administration to file a reply within six months.

On 26 March 2019, MIM decided to contest Aurangabad Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra in alliance with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi led by Prakash Ambedkar. MIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has picked Imtiyaz Jaleel, as the party candidate.

The election commission of India (EC) declared the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections 2019. MIM decided to support the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi formed by Prakash Ambedkar. MLA Jaleel decided to contest the election. The MIM president Owaisi was reluctant with his decision but the MIM corporators and leaders succeeded in convincing him. Jaleel made a meticulous planning in just 28 days.

In a closely fought battle, the AIMIM candidate, Syed Imtiyaz Jaleel, won the Aurangabad Lok Sabha (LS) constituency seat by defeating four-time MP Chandrakant Khaire by 4,492 votes. In the final round Jaleel secured 3,89,042 votes while his nearest rival and NDA candidate Khaire 3,84,550 votes. Congress candidate Subhash Zambad got 91,789 votes and Independent Harshvardhan Jadhav polled 2,83,798

K.K Mohammed Sharfuddin is an Indian politician & Social Worker. He is a member of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and the president of party's Bangalore unit.